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Week 68 - Perspectives

The Theme for this week is "Perspectives".

Selected by Wakkos

Go and make tha lines fly away.

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The dome on the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori in Florence, Italy
The dome on the
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori
in Florence, Italy
designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi
the man who rediscovered perspective in art
and helped spark the renaissance
The campanille (bell tower) by Giotto at the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori in Florence, Italy
The campanille (bell tower) by Giotto at the
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori
in Florence, Italy
The facade of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori in Florence, Italy
The facade of the
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori
in Florence, Italy
The basilica was designed long before the campanille.
If you look closely, you can see that Giotto's bell tower
is much different than the gothic facade of the basilica.
Giotto was much advanced artistically as compared to
his pre-renaissance contempraries.
The lower courtyard of the Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi (St. Francis of Assisi) in Assisi, Italy
The lower courtyard of the
Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi
(St. Francis of Assisi)
in Assisi, Italy

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